Unsubscribing

[Don Wells]

    I frequently receive bulk e-mail messages from an unknown source. I have the option of opening them, then going to the end of the message and clicking an Unsubscribe link. I have been loathe to do this as I see it as an opportunity for a hacker to entice me into a hostile site. Am I being paranoid?

    All input is welcome.

[JoeP]

You should never respond to those sorts of emails. When you do you tell the sender that yours is a valid email address.

Any discussion of paranoia should probably be in Scuttlebutt.

Joe

[Leif]

When you do you tell the sender that yours is a valid email address.

If it's in HTML and has a tracking graphic in it, the sender will know it's been received and opened regardless

[StuartR]

When you do you tell the sender that yours is a valid email address.

If it's in HTML and has a tracking graphic in it, the sender will know it's been received and opened regardless

Unless you have configured your email client to only display images from trusted addresses.

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[Don Wells]

Thank you all.